What's the difference between extended and slump?

Extended


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Extend

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Therefore, these findings may extend the use of platelets as neuronal models.
  • (2) These cells contained organelles characteristic of the maturation stage ameloblast and often extended to the enamel surface, suggesting a possible origin from the ameloblast layer.
  • (3) Limited biopsic retroperitoneal lymphnode dissection subsequently extended following the result of the frozen section histology.
  • (4) Asthma is probably the commonest chronic disease in the United Kingdom, and its attendant morbidity extends outside the possible scope of the hospital sector.
  • (5) Doppler sample volume was extended to about 1.2 X 1.6 X 4.0 mm.
  • (6) Delta roc, which extends from base pairs 41883 to 43825, overlaps the nin5 deletion, which extend from base pairs 40501 to 43306.
  • (7) TNBS reacts to an extremely small extend with hemoglobin over the concentration range 0.4 to 4 mM whereas FDNB reacts with hemoglobin to a very large extent (50 fold more than TNBS).
  • (8) Four cDNAs extending into the 5'-noncoding region of the human von Willebrand factor cDNA have been characterized.
  • (9) This article, a review of factors controlling vasopressin (AVP) release in pregnancy, extends our contribution to a symposium in this journal published in 1987 (vol X, pp 270-275).
  • (10) The molecule may already in its native form have an extended conformation containing either free sulfhydryl groups or small S-S loops not affecting mobility in SDS-PAGE.
  • (11) Analysis of 156 records relating to patients at the age of 15 to 85 years with extended purulent peritonitis of the surgical and gynecological genesis (the toxic phase, VI category ASA) showed that combination of programmed sanitation laparotomy and intensive antibacterial therapy performed as short-term courses before, during and after the operation with an account of the information on the nature of the microbial associations and antibioticograms was an efficient procedure in treatment of severe peritonitis.
  • (12) The IL-8 isolated from each of these cell types is a mixture of two IL-8 polypeptides, one consisting of 72 amino acids (herein called [ser-IL-8]72) and the other 77 amino acids (an N-terminal extended form herein called [ala-IL-8]77).
  • (13) The follow-up period extended over 8 years to June 1978.
  • (14) Follow-up for half of the cases operated extended up to 2 years, the longest being up to 5 years, showed that 96% of the patients were satisfied.
  • (15) Lateral upper and lower lid lysis allows the needed extended period of healing.
  • (16) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
  • (17) The third patient was using an extended-wear soft contact lens for correction of residual myopia.
  • (18) The horizontal portion of the intracavernous ICA as well as the whole aspect of the aneurysm could be exposed as a result of the extended opening of the cavernous roof anterior to the posterior clinoid process.
  • (19) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
  • (20) The pineal of certain lizards possesses a finger-like projection that extends toward the parietal eye.

Slump


Definition:

  • (n.) The gross amount; the mass; the lump.
  • (v. t.) To lump; to throw into a mess.
  • (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person.
  • (n.) A boggy place.
  • (n.) The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have suffered a dramatic slump in support as a result of their role in the coalition and are now barely ahead of the Greens with an average rating of about 8% in the polls.
  • (2) "Public servants did nothing to cause the slump but are being asked to bear an unfair share of the burden.
  • (3) Shaky phone footage of the raid that circulated online showed the vigilantes kicking, slapping and insulting the men, with one of them slumped naked on the ground during the attack.
  • (4) If the government reduces its spending at the same time, this will make the slump worse, not better.
  • (5) Household spending has slumped to its lowest rate in nearly two years, underlining the sluggishness of Britain's economy.
  • (6) The construction of Fab 42 was halted in 2014 , following a slump in PC sales, but analysts don’t believe Trump is the reason it’s been restarted.
  • (7) A leading academic, Prof Robert Bea, from the engineering faculty at the University of California in Berkeley, who made a special study of the Deepwater Horizon accident , has raised new concerns that the recent slump in oil prices could compromise safety across the industry as oil producers strive to cut costs.
  • (8) The schemes will be scrutinised for evidence that the government has accepted criticism that it is not acting fast or hard enough to reverse the continuing slump in the economy, with ministers braced for further bad news on jobs and investment over the summer.
  • (9) Branson also has a stake in Virgin Money, which has suffered a 40% slump in its shares since the referendum.
  • (10) The austerity drive and recession meant some big construction projects being shelved, while in many regions housing market activity slumped.
  • (11) However, Leroy warned that a slump will hit the industry this year, with pan-European sales expected to fall 5%.
  • (12) House prices have slumped by 14.6% since last October after 12 consecutive months of falls, Nationwide Building Society said today.
  • (13) But Nel said that for Steenkamp to have fallen on to the rack, given she was found with her head slumped over the toilet, she would have had to have got up.
  • (14) Newspaper sales slumped in Spain during the financial crisis.
  • (15) Despite a near monopoly in many towns, HMV stores were seeing sales slump year after year, even at paper-thin margins.
  • (16) She looks at me, slumped and sweating at her kitchen table.
  • (17) Wetherspoon said it was trying to help those caught in the economic slump.
  • (18) The government has declared an end to the half-decade slump in housebuilding after cheap borrowing and the Help to Buy scheme prompted a 6% increase in the start of work on new homes in the three months to June.
  • (19) More than 8,000 jobs at Clinton Cards were on the line after the group became the latest casualty of the high street spending slump.
  • (20) A worse slump than expected means many more unemployed and thousands more homes repossessed.